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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs. Intel Core i5 8600K: the best gaming CPU in the year 2018!Tuesday 08/14/2018 - 11:59 PM
AMD has released their second generation Ryzen processors and Intel has upgraded its Core i5 line to six cores. Which one should you go for if you want the best gaming performance? Hardware.info has the answer!
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs. Intel Core i5 8600K: the best gaming CPU in the year 2018!
Review - Tuesday 08/14/2018 - 11:59 PM
AMD has released their second generation Ryzen processors and Intel has upgraded its Core i5 line to six cores. Which one should you go for in 2018, if you want the best gaming performance? Hardware.info has the answer! Read more
Asus ROG Strix Hero II and Scar II review: big leap forward
Review - Sunday 08/12/2018 - 11:59 PM
Gaming notebooks are often a hassle. They're large, heavy and often have horrible battery life - a phat processor and graphics card card, of course, but then corners will be cut everywhere else, from the keyboard to the wifi card. Last Computex Asus introduced two new Republic of Gamers gaming notebooks, the Strix Hero II and the Strix Scar II, which we were already able to test. This had to be done at a rapid pace, because Asus could only lend them to us for a short period of time. Fortunately, the new Hero and Scar not only turned out to be remarkably fast, but also remarkably good in other respects. If you are looking for a gaming notebook, then you should definitely read on. Read more
These are the best routers and multi-room wifi systems
Review - Friday 08/10/2018 - 03:05 AM
One of the most common annoyances of modern man is a poorly functioning WiFi connection. Especially now that more and more devices are becoming connected and it only gets busier in the ether, it can do no harm to take a good look at your current equipment and weigh up whether it pays to replace it. Whether a stand alone router is enough or whether it is better to buy a multi-room wifi system and which you should get, you can read in this buyer's guide. Read more
Gaming PC - August 2018
PC Buyer's Guide - Thursday 08/02/2018 - 09:00 AM
This computer system is specifically geared towards gaming at WQHD resolution. That means a PC with a high-end graphics card and a processor that is fast enough to support the GPU, but also a fast monitor to display the rendered frames in the best way. The rest of the configuration needs to be balanced as well. Since many gamers also enjoy overclocking their PC to improve performance, it is als... Read more
Wifi performance in smartphones analysed
Review - Wednesday 08/01/2018 - 11:59 PM
Mobile networks are constantly being improved. We see faster and faster versions of 4G, while 5G is already being developed. Yet there are plenty of scenarios in which you have to rely on that other wireless connection - wifi. It is time we compared wireless performance of a large number of devices. Read more
Cleaning spree: make your graphics card faster, colder and quieter!
Review - Sunday 07/29/2018 - 11:59 PM
Your precious graphics card performs best with good cooling. But what happens to the temperature and performance when this cooling is clogged up? Hardware.info cleans for science, equipped with a mouth cap! Read more
Budget Game PC - July 2018
PC Buyer's Guide - Saturday 07/28/2018 - 08:00 AM
The Hardware.Info Budget Game PC Advice has a balanced configuration for playing video games, without having to spend too much. The components have been selected to offer the best bang for your buck. That means you cannot always expect the highest settings, resolution and frame rate, but at the same time you should be able to play all modern games in Full HD resolution without making huge conce... Read more
Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB review: look into the future
Review - Friday 07/27/2018 - 11:59 PM
Hdr is a significant improvement over the old flat display, whether it be a television or a monitor. In the TV world, there is a growing supply of suitable products, but in the monitor land hdr is still quite scarce. Certainly models that offer 'true' hdr are rare. Philips is introducing a 43-inch monitor that does offer this, the Momentum 436M6VBPAB. In this article we are going to share and discuss the test results of this monitor. Read more
Intel Optane 800p & 900p review: 3D XPoint for the regular consumer!
Review - Wednesday 07/25/2018 - 11:59 PM
Earlier this year we tested the first enterprise-SSD from the Intel Optane series which uses the all-new 3D XPoint memory. That SSD broke almost all speed records, but was still extremely expensive. With the Optane 800p and 900p, Intel wants to bring this new technology to regular consumers too, at a much more affordable price. Read more
LG 27UD59 review: successor of inexpensive 4K monitor tested
Review - Monday 07/23/2018 - 11:59 PM
Near the end of 2016 we reviewed a 4K-monitor that proved to be extremely popular, the LG 27UD58. This was not very surprising, as this 27-inch ultra-hd monitor offered an unprecedented price-performance ratio at the time. Whereas direct competitors had prices ranging from 580 dollars to 700 dollars for an ips-panel, this LG was available for well under 468 dollars. The successor to that monitor has been available for a while now, the 27UD59. At the time of writing we can find it for less than 350 dollars in our Price Comparison, which also makes this monitor rather inexpensive. Looking at other monitors in this price range you can only expect to find a tn-panel. This raises the question, are we as satisfied with the '59 as we were with the 27UD58? Read more
Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1070 en RX 580 Gaming Box review: Transform your light laptop to gaming system
Review - Wednesday 07/18/2018 - 11:59 PM
At the moment even the lightest gaming laptops are still heavy devices, if you compare them to ultrabooks for office purposes. What if you cannot choose between a feather-light system and smooth frame rates? In that case an external gpu offers a solution: a separate box with a graphics card, with which your light laptop transforms into a potent gaming machine. In this article we take a look at the Gigabyte Aorus Gaming Box, a small external gpu housing that comes with Nvidia or AMD cards. Read more
Asus ProArt PA32UC-K review: first 4K HDR-monitor with real local dimming
Review - Sunday 07/15/2018 - 11:59 PM
The new Asus PA32UC-K has an average price of 2714 dollars. This 32 inch 4K monitor has this hefty price tag for a reason; it is one of the first monitors on the market with finely meshed local dimming. By being able to independently control the brightness of different zones in the backlight, the monitor promises to deliver one of the best HDR experiences to date. Read more
Gaming on an iGPU: how good is that free graphics card?
Review - Friday 07/13/2018 - 05:16 AM
More and more people are gaming, but the majority of them are casual players. Those gamers make less demands on image quality and frame rates, and will not want to invest in a state of the art video card. What can you expect if you have to make do with the processor's built-in video card? Is an external entry-level model worthwhile? That's what we tell you in this article. Read more
How many CPU cores do you need for gaming?
Review - Monday 07/09/2018 - 11:59 PM
For years, you could find up to four computer cores in a consumer processor, but for some time now the number of cores has been on the rise. This can be a big advantage for many content creation programmes, but what about games? For a long time, the common wisdom was that four cores were enough, but is that still true in 2018? Or are you nowadays better off with a multi-core monster PC if you don't want to lose frame rate? To provide you with an answer to this question, we ran heaps of benchmarks, and you can read our findings here. Read more
The benefits of fast RAM with Intel Coffee Lake & AMD Ryzen 2: don't miss out on performance!
Review - Sunday 07/08/2018 - 11:59 PM
Last time we had a look at the performance benefit of installing faster memory was at the end of 2016. A lot of new processors have appeared on the market since then. Intel have upgraded Coffee Lake to six cores as a mainstream platform, AMD have released Ryzen and now Ryzen 2 as well… It is time we took another look at what upgrading to faster RAM will do for your system! Read more
4K Gaming PC - July 2018
PC Buyer's Guide - Thursday 07/05/2018 - 11:59 PM
4K monitors are getting cheaper and cheaper, while their sharpness can't be matched by normal displays. Graphics cards have to render four times as many pixels to drive a 4K display compared to a 'normal' Full HD panel, while the game textures are only getting more detailed. In short: you need real horse power to game in 4K. A fast processor and especially a graphics card is a must. However, th... Read more
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 review: the most interesting Ryzen 2!
Review - Thursday 07/05/2018 - 11:59 PM
Recently we published our AMD Ryzen 2 review. At the time of writing that review, AMD had not sent us perhaps the most interesting new CPU yet, the Ryzen 5 2600, which you can already buy for 230 dollars. However, we were able to borrow it and test it as soon as possible. Read more
Ultrawide gaming (3440x1440) benchmarks: what performance can you expect?
Review - Tuesday 07/03/2018 - 11:59 PM
At Hardware.Info, we always test GPUs from AMD and Nvidia at the three most popular resolutions. For some years now they have been full HD, WQHD and ultra HD. However, the UWQHD resolution of 3440 by 1440 pixels, i.e. an extra-wide WQHD, is becoming increasingly popular among gamers. What performance can you expect on an ultra wide monitor? Read more
WD Black NVMe 2018 SSD review: competition for Samsung
Review - Sunday 07/01/2018 - 11:59 PM
Last month, WD introduced the second generation of its Black series SSDs. This top model of the storage manufacturer should be considerably faster than its predecessor and thus be able to compete with the popular NVMe SSDs from Samsung, such as the recently released 970 Evo. Today we are testing the WD Black NVMe 2018 1TB to find out if WD is really participating in the high-end SSD market. Read more
Samsung 970 Evo & 970 Pro SSD review
Review - Saturday 06/30/2018 - 11:59 PM
Samsung finally introduced the new 970 Evo and 970 Pro SSDs, the long-awaited successors of the now over a year and a half old 960 Evo and Pro. They use a new controller and the latest version of Samsung's own V-NAND, in which no less than 64 layers are stacked on top of each other. We have tested these new SSDs extensively: are they as fast as their names and predecessors suggest? Read more
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Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation area in Mount Vernon, Maine
Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation Area Property Dedication
Saturday, August 4@ 9 am. Rain Date Sunday, August 5 @ 1 pm.
The Kennebec Land Trust (KLT) is pleased to announce that on March 21, 2018, George and Linda Smith donated their 125-acre woodlot on Route 41 in Mount Vernon to the Trust.
Read more in the Kennebec Journal about this recent donation.
In accepting this generous gift, Mary Denison, KLT President, said, "We are honored that George and Linda chose KLT as the recipient of land that will forever benefit Maine's people and wildlife. We are looking forward to our October 13, 2018 property and trail dedication when we will recognize their conservation vision, George's father Ezra Smith, and the extended Smith family."
The Ezra Smith Wildlife Habitat Conservation Area features wetlands that border beautiful Hopkins stream, an extensive fen, and a mixed hardwood-conifer upland forest. The property includes a diversity of wildlife habitats and a well-managed forest. A small parking area on Route 41 will provide easy public access for a future trail with interpretive signage about Maine's wildlife and their habitats.
When KLT agrees to accept a property like George and Linda's, we assume the responsibility for monitoring and managing the property in perpetuity. The cost of this financial responsibility varies with each property and we have a designated stewardship fund that helps support stewardship costs.
The income from our stewardship fund is dedicated to trail development and maintenance, local property tax payments (open space rate), and annual property monitoring. We hope you will be able and willing to make a contribution to help us take care of this beautiful piece of land forever. Please contact us if you have any questions. Thank you for your support.
Our goal is a $20,000 stewardship fund to support George and Linda's generous land donation.
Please send donations to support this campaign to:
The Kennebec Land Trust, PO Box 261, Winthrop, Maine, 04086.
Or donate online.
To learn more about George, check out his Bangor Daily News blog,

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First cherry blossom festival opens in Xunlong River town
Updated: 2017-03-14
The Xunlong River Wonderful Sakura Valley officially opened in Changsha county, Hunan province on March 11, launching the area's first cherry blossom festival on the same day.
Officials launch Changsha county's first cherry blossom festival in Xunlong River town on March 11. [Photo by Lu Wenwei/hn.chinanews.com]
Built from July last year, the park is expected to become south-central China's largest cherry blossom resort, boasting a planting area of 500 mu (33.3 hectares) and accommodating more than 10,000 cherry trees of 30 varieties.
Many visitors were attracted by the plentiful cherry blossoms at the opening, with different varieties all blooming to perfection over the coming week.
People will also have the opportunity to experience different cultures and traditions from all over the world in the valley's folk arena scheduled to open this May.
Dancers perform at the cherry blossom festival's opening ceremony on March 11. [Photo by Lu Wenwei/hn.chinanews.com]
Visitors snap photos of cherry blossom trees at the cherry blossom resort in Xunlong River town. [Photo by Lu Wenwei/hn.chinanews.com]
Realizing dreams in Changsha county
Changsha county has developed fast in recent years.
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Message from the Dean
On behalf of the Faulkner Law family–faculty, staff and students–I want to welcome you to our school. This school has a long and proud history in Alabama. It has produced Supreme Court justices, outstanding attorneys, leaders in the bar of Alabama, and outstanding business leaders. At the same time, we are a school constantly examining our program to make changes and improvements to your legal education.
We believe your legal education begins even before the first semester of law school. We offer you the opportunity to participate in a MiniPrep course that is designed to help you understand the law school experience. Our courses for first year students are building block courses upon which the rest of your education will depend. In addition, the first year will include the development of research and writing skills which are essential to the life of a lawyer. Finally, you will have the opportunity to explore the foundations of our jurisprudence and our legal system. We regard each of these as essential to the making of the complete lawyer, a person who has both the understanding and the moral foundation to successfully represent clients.
Beyond the first year, we try to give you opportunities to develop significantly enhanced skills. Our nationally ranked trial and advocacy program provides wonderful experience in the art of oral advocacy. Our clinics provide you an opportunity to use your skills to actually represent and serve clients. Our clinics are all organized around the principle of service consistent with our Christian mission. Our track system gives those who know the area of law in which they want to practice an opportunity to study related areas in greater depth. Finally, our student organizations offer the opportunity to hear speakers and engage in activities which enhance your classroom learning. We do not pretend that you will graduate from law school as a "complete lawyer" as that will come with the experience of practice. However, we want to give you as much experience as we can so as to set you on the path to represent your clients with great skill.
Finally, we believe that the capstone of your legal education is the bar examination. No one practices law without passing the bar exam and one of our tasks is to prepare you well for that. To do that, we provide a third-year course to begin the review of everything you have learned.
Once you have passed the bar, your education continues in practice. We intend that you will be a life-long learner of the law. We also intend that you will see your career as an opportunity for service–to your clients, to the state in which you practice and to the nation. We want that service to be rendered with the highest sense of professional ethics and morality so that Faulkner lawyers are seen as those who strengthen not only the legal system but also the moral fiber of our state and nation.
If this strikes a positive note with you, we invite you to become part of our great school.


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The Graduate Exhibition at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art has just started today. Along with the first year, second year, third year and technical study course students' work, this year we have work of our international students and alumnae.
Kawashima Textile School Graduate Exhibition
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Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan)


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Performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2013. Livewire was a real personal breakthrough show for me. It was to say the least, very experimental, and I had a lot of fun with the journey of this show. During most of early 2013, I had been involved in lots of clown workshops which completely changed the way I performed. I had the lightbulb moment of self comedy discovery. I began to discover HOW I was funny, which was something I'd been looking for many years.
The show was very physical, very stupid, very playful and very honest. For the first time in many years, I had really enjoyed performing. I couldn't wait to perform the next show. every show felt different. It was all dependent on the audience and I would manoeuvre the show to how they were reacting. It was extremely honest and raw in that I revealed lots about my life and up's and down's that it came with. The show really set me up and since been having amazing gigs, headlining various comedy and variety nights. The people who helped me discover my stupidity, which I am most truly grateful for are: Ana Esmith, Phil Burgers aka Dr Brown, Aitor Basauri and my fellow idiots at Clown Camp.


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The Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center prepares kids for life's adventures by supporting their writing and amplifying their voices.
We believe that while nurturing kids' writing can give them access to the world, fostering their creativity may allow them to change the world.
At the CYC, kids become published authors, leading to a strong sense of identity and an enthusiasm for learning. Our programs are free for all students attending Grand Rapids Public Schools.
Recent Projects
Spoken Word + Music – The Animations
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Calling all creative writers!
These are our staple programs for grades 1-12 that run weekly throughout the school year. Students learn creative writing, interact with professional writers and artists, collaborate on exciting projects, and become published authors.
Elementary students have the opportunity to work one-on-one with a reading buddy.
Registration for 2018-19 begins in September.
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Over the last few days the weather has been really bad. The temperature always reaches up to 100 degrees and it is very hot. Even just going inside the garage I felt like I am stuck inside the oven. I don't know when it is going to rain and we really need some. The price of the produce has already increased at the market and it could go up more anytime soon. I felt bad to those people living on a stamp. They can't buy whatever they want at the store and how much more when they have more kids to feed?
When I was in the Philippines I never really think on how Americans live. I never think millions of Americans are struggling in this economy until I saw it on the news or read on the internet. Well, while I was typing a blog post I accidentally deleted it even though I saved it already. I really don't like using on this laptop but the desktop is on the other room and I am watching the Olympics right now.


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Author(s): Gordon Livingston
From a psychiatrist who has spent the past thirty years listening to other people s most intimate secrets and troubles an eloquent, incisive, and deeply perceptive book about the things we all share and which every one of us grapples with as we strive to make the most of the life we have left. After service in Vietnam as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1968-69, at the height of the war Dr Gordon Livingston returned to the US and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their lives what works, what doesn t, and the limitless ways (most of them self-inflicted) that we have found to be unhappy. He is also a parent twice bereaved in one thirteen-month period, he lost his eldest son to suicide, his youngest to leukaemia. Out of a lifetime of experience, Livingston has extracted thirty bedrock truths: We are what we do. Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing. The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas.
Gordon Livingston has been through many kinds of hell and come back with wisdom and kindness that are to be revered. To read him is to trust him and to learn, for his life has been touched by fire, and his motives are absolutely pure. - Mark Helprin, author of 'A Soldier of the Great War' and 'Winter s Tale' This book has the power of a sledgehammer and the tenderness of the saddest love story. Be prepared to cry your heart out and learn about coping, about strength, and about hope. - Ben Bradlee, former executive editor, WashingtonPost on 'Only Spring'
Gordon Livingston, MD, a graduate of West Point and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been a physician since 1967. He is a psychiatrist and writer who frequently contributes to the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun and Reader s Digest. Awarded the Bronze Star for valour for his service in the Vietnam War, he is the author of Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, And Never Stop Dancing and Only Spring: On Mourning the Death of My Son. He lives and works in Columbia, Maryland, USA. His next book, How to Love, will be published by Hachette Australia in 2009. Previous Books: Only Spring (Bfmt PB, 11/06); And Never Stop Dancing; Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart.


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Outdoor Adventures in and around AlbuquerqueSandwiched between the towering Sandia Mountains and Rio Grande River basin, Albuquerque provides the outdoor enthusiast with a number of unique adventure opportunities that are just minutes away from Nativo Lodge. When choosing hotels in Albuquerque, New Mexico, there are a number of reasons why we suggest Nativo Lodge.
Hot Air BallooningAlbuquerque is justifiably considered the hot air balloon capital, and many local and highly experieinced vendors offer rides year-round. Enjoy a stunning airborne view of Albuquerque and its surroundings on this unique mode of transportation.
Book an exclusive Hot Air Balloon Package where you and a guest can take a tour of the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum and board a roundtrip flight to the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway.
Hang GlidingAnother way to get airborne in New Mexico is by hang gliding off the top of Sandia Peak. Whether you're an experienced glider seeking a new location or interested in your first tandem flight with an experienced instructor, Albuquerque is the perfect place to cross hang gliding off your bucket list!
HikingWhether it's a relaxing stroll along the banks of the Rio Grande River near the Rio Grande Nature Center, any of Albuquerque's Open Spaces, or a challenging hike up the La Luz Trail to the crest of the Sandia Mountains, hiking in New Mexico is an unforgettable experience with unparalleled opportunities to enjoy Albuquerque's high desert landscape.
GolfingWith half a dozen courses to choose from and sunny days for more than three quarters of the year, Albuquerque is a great place to play golf. Whether you choose the award-winning University of New Mexico course or one of the multiple municipal or resort courses, the settings are spectacular and the desert air invigorating.
BikingBiking in New Mexico has become quite a popular pastime. Albuquerque has established an extensive network of bike trails along the Rio Grande River and its network of acequias, or irrigation canals. Easily accessible from a number of locations around the city, these trails lead you through fascinating desert and riverside terrain. Albuquerque has also set aside Mountain Road, near Old Town, as a bicycle boulevard, where the speed limit is 18 miles per hour and bicyclists are a common sight.
Horseback RidingIn and around Albuquerque there are numerous opportunities to give horseback riding a try. With the Western spirit still alive and well, and fierce competition at local horse shows such as the New Mexico State Fair, horseback riding is a popular outdoor activity and there are a number of available trails in the area.
Outdoor Museums and Cultural ActivitiesThere are a number of outdoor museums in the Albuquerque area, so if you're searching for hotels near museums and other cultural activities, we can be the place. Close to Nativo Lodge are Petroglyph National Monument and Coronado State Monument, along with Historic areas like Old Town and Nob Hill.
Discover art, culture, history and the story of New Mexico's 19 Native American pueblos when you book your Native American Cultural Package to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Your Albuquerque adventures await!


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Exercising and getting fit isn't easy. Most people struggle from the very start of a challenge like this. But, that's a great shame. Losing your will to get fit over confusion or lack of time is something that strikes so many people. It doesn't have to, though. With the help of a personal trainer, these issues don't have to apply. You just have to be ready to follow their advice.
Personal trainers are like managers for your fitness. They will monitor your progress and goals, to make sure that they're giving you the right tips. They will help to choose your exercises, and even your diet, for you. They will be there to support and help you with all of your workouts. And, they will even be there to give you advice when they're not working. You can look at a personal trainer as a sort of Swiss Army Knife of fitness.
The benefits of this sort of service are obvious. For someone busy or not interested in biology, it can save a lot of stress when it comes to figuring out diet plans. It can also free up time figuring out what exercises are best. But, most of all, having a personal trainer will help with your motivation. Having someone monitoring your results will make you feel more determined to succeed. They will offer support and drive when you feel like you can't do much more. Along with this, they're experts when it comes to safety. They will be able to make sure that the workouts you're doing are safe.
Finding a personal trainer may take some time. This isn't because of a lack of options; but, rather, too many. Most gyms will offer their own services, and you'll be able to find private trainers everywhere. So, it's best to do some research. You should find out what makes the best trainer, and see if you can find one with those qualities. Of course, this is a hard process. And, you'll probably end up with loads of options. So, you need to do some choosing.
There are loads of personal trainer courses out there. This makes it very easy to get qualified to do the job. But, finding a trainer with the right kind of course and skills will be hard. You need to read reviews of different trainers, to find out who has given the best customer experience. And, you should always make sure to check their credentials. This is an easy way to make sure that they're legitimate. And, of course, you should like the person. It will hard to spend hours with them at the gym, otherwise. All of these aspects are important. But, ultimately, it's a choice only you can make.
Hopefully, this will give you some headway when it comes to starting your journey to a fitter life. It's hard to make keep motivated and on top of things when it comes to getting healthy. So, it's worth using all of the help you can get; even if it costs you money. You can see this as an investment in your body's future.
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"A supremely indulgent, tranquil and epicurean hideaway in an undiscovered corner of Aragón"
La Torre del Visco's estate embraces a 220-acre slice of one of the region's most beautiful river valleys. Surrounded by meadows and orchards, rose, herb and vegetable gardens, the 16 understated rooms and suites combine original art, antiques, old stones and muted fabrics in a master class of interior pizzazz. Fit for a king? Sure, he's stayed here, and when I slumped into a sofa next to a blazing fire it was to share conversation with 4 of Spain's best-known actors. Remote, remarkable and revitalising, La Torre del Visco is about hospitality at its very best.
- Award-winning cuisine with a a daily changing menu and an open-kitchen philosophy: you can learn what's behind the divine food
- Beautifully remote and peaceful with fabulous hiking, biking and horse riding all around
- A lovely pool for lazy days
- I liked owner Jemma's warmth and enthusiasm, and a high staff-to-guest ratio ensures you're brilliantly cared for
- Perfect for a special occasion
- Winters can be very cold, but crisp and sunny too, and you won't find a more snug hideaway
- No TVs or minibars, though Suites have DVD players and open fires
- No other restaurants within walking distance, but you'll want to eat in every night anyway
- Only children over 6 are allowed, it feels more of an adult place
- You'll need a car to get the best out of a stay here
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- Boutique Hotel
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- Restaurant and bar (open daily)
- Over 6s only
- Open all year
- Outdoor Pool
- Spa Treatments
- WiFi
- Pet Friendly
- Disabled Access
- Beach Nearby
- Off-street Parking
- Restaurants Nearby
- Air Conditioning
- Guest Lounge
- Terrace
- Garden
- Gym
- Bicycles Available
Rooms and suites look out to the estate's rose gardens, patios and meadows; a couple embrace views of the valley beyond. I was struck by their quietude, and not just in the literal sense. Original art, antiques and muted colours and fabrics impart individual character, yet the rooms aren't in the least bit showy. Expect cut flowers and smooth Egyptian cotton sheets on excellent beds. There's WiFi but no TVs or minibars: that's not what La Torre del Visco's about.
Most rooms have tubs, and you get a pile of white towels, along with bathrobes and slippers. Bathroom goodies are courtesy of Woods of Windsor - gel, shampoo and body lotion, herbal soap.
If you're here during winter, book a Suite for a lovely lounge with a fireplace. Just the spot for a day of reading and tea drinking.
If you're here during the peak of summer, do note that many but not all of the rooms have air con- if this is very important to you, please request when booking.
Features include:
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Extra beds
- Fan
- Hairdryer
- Terrace
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Meals at Visco are imaginative and beautifully presented. Recipes combine Aragonese and Catalan influences with those of the Med, and many ingredients (including the olive oil) come from the estate's organic farm. Fish and shellfish are brought up from the Ebro Delta whilst meats are sourced close to home.
At dinner I opted for the menú de degustación (à la carte is also on offer). Cherry gazpacho was followed by a salad with home-smoked salmon, before turbot cooked with saffron was served with sautéed veg. Next came lamb wrapped in leaves of Swiss chard, then coffee and walnut sponge with goat's cheese ice cream. The accompanying local wines were superb, and if you're looking for a grand coupage you'll find it in Visco's 15th-century wine cellar.
Evening dining is about candles and silver service, but you can choose to breakfast at one big table in the kitchen whilst watching the cooks at work. It's convivial, fun and might easily morph into brunch... Or you can grab a table on the terrace and soak up the views as you tuck into just-squeezed OJ and flaky pastries.
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- Borrow a bike and ride the magnificent Val de Zafán Via Verde
- Walk out from the house along one of 4 marked hiking trails, through forests, meadows and past wild-swimming spots
- Saddle up and explore the Matarranya on horseback: there's a stables just down the road
- Discover medieval villages without the tourists: La Fresneda and Valderrobres are fascinating places to begin your forays, the latter with a stunning Gothic castle
- Learn some skills while you're staying: formal cookery courses are on offer, and classes on photography and painting are run regularly
- Dip into a good book. The library has thousands of titles (Jemma was formerly a publisher in Madrid), and the pool is made for lounging by
- Head out with binoculars and a bird guide: La Matarranya is an ornithological wonderland
- Play the piano or have a game of chess
- After dinner, hunker down on the star-gazing terrace where you'll find sofas and a couple of powerful telescopes (the hotel is Starlight Foundation certified). Best done with a cognac
Activities on site or nearby include:
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- Cooking classes
- Creative writing
- Hiking
- Historical sites
- Horse riding
- Mountain biking
- Photography classes
- Plantlife / flora
- Private guided tours
- Star gazing
- Wine tasting
Children over 6 are welcome even if this isn't a hotel which focuses on families. The library, extended breakfasts, art and foodie focus are all pretty grown-up, but there's lots of outside space.
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February 2009 Archives
Refurbished capstan motor. Copyright 2009 LOIRP reproduction or republication prohibited without prior written permission.
Ken and Nathan working on refurbished capstan motor. Copyright 2009 LOIRP reproduction or republication prohibited without prior written permission.
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From: Dennis Wingo
Subject: Progress Report, Milestone ALERT! Folks Major milestones to report!
We have had a major milestone accomplished (well 98% of the way there). Figure 1 shows two framelets, from Lunar Orbiter II High Resolution image (we don't know which one yet). Figure 2 shows our favorite image, the Lunar Orbiter 1 image of the Earth with two framelets that were captured from the undemodulated tape. The framelets that are stitched together are from LO-1-102.
This proves that we can demodulate random tapes from more than one Lunar Orbiter mission but it has also shown us what we have to do to get to full production mode. The demodulator must be ultra stable, however, the drive is still not to its original specification and so there is jitter in the signal. The new capstan motor should fix this as we have new belts, bearings, and the motor has been balanced back to its original specification. However, the the motor driver assembly that we built to use during the calibration process blew some power transistors and he had to come back down (he is in San Francisco) and pick up one of our spares. We have been building spares for the production process to keep the machines running and this is helping with the refurb process as well! We will have the capstan motor on Saturday and will install and align it on Monday.
Al Sturm is going back and doing some further refining of the demodulator design to account for some loss of demodulator lock on the signal found during the testing yesterday. This accounts for the striping that you see on the Lunar Orbiter II framelets that we captured and processed shown on the next pages. We have not found out what frame this is and it is possible (as I have looked through all of the LO-II images) that we have one that is not in the current database as one image is missing from the LPL database that may be ours. If this is true, then we are helping to fill out the complete LO image database for NASA. One final note, look at the final image and see the boulders sitting on the surface at the edge of the crater!
Gordon Woodcock has done some test automated assemblies of a couple of framelets which looks like it will result in a workable and at least semi-automated process for framelet reassembly.
Second Machine
We are continuing to install new caps and refurbished subassemblies that Ken and I have modified for better operation. It is our plan to finish the motor replacements, upgrades, and testing on the primary machine to get it ready for production before finishing up the second drive. This is as our experience gained on the first drive and the design upgrades will make the second drive relatively easy to get going after the learning curve of working on the first machine.
Figure 1 is an unknown high resolution image from Lunar Orbiter II. These are individual framelets and we are still searching to figure out which whole image that it is attached to. The lines through the images are artifacts from the demodulator that is not quite 100% working - yet. The image has boulders sitting on the surface quite easy to see. We have verified that the intrinsic resolution of these images is going to be very high, to be quantified further after we get the demod at 100% and the capstan motor replaced. Figure 2 is a composite from LO-I-102-H that we processed from the undemodulated tape.
Figure 1: Unidentified high resolution framelet from Lunar Orbiter II. Image LOIRP/NASA
Figure 2: composite from LO-I-102-H Larger image. Image LOIRP/NASA
We are closing in on satisfying all of the milestones from this phase of our project and we are looking forward to getting the go ahead and funding to enter the production phase. It is our plan to take a series of new images with us to the Lunar and Planetary Science conference in Houston to show what can be done with data mining these old data sets. We expect to be able to digitize any tape at will by next week and have a set of images that are the high priority outputs. I am extremely proud of our team and what has been accomplished and look forward to providing this raw data and finished products for NASA's exploration and science efforts.
Respectfully Submitted
Dennis Ray Wingo
We are still making progress and this report will outline what has happened since the last report on January 20.
General Statement
A bit of context is necessary here. The first machine continues to perform well. There are problems that were anticipated that we are dealing with. One of the overall reliability issues is that many electronic parts in the machine are customer Ampex hybrid circuits that are obviously not available anymore. Figure 1 shows what we have done to overcome this:
Figure 1: Capstan Motor Driver Assembly Before (left) and After (right) Modifications. Copyright 2009 LOIRP reproduction or republication prohibited without prior written permission.
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Miami Heat's Chris Bosh will not participate in the NBA All Star events as he officially backed out due to a strained right calf, this he confirmed in a statement though the Heat.
With the injury, Bosh will not participate in the Foot Locker Three-point Shootout Competition and in the NBA All Star Game. Details on his injury was not clear though the 6-foot-11 forward flew to Toronto and was present during the activities of the East All-Stars.
"I am honored to be selected to participate in the All Start Weekend Festivities, and will still be here to support my fellow East All-Stars," Bosh said. "But I will use this weekend to try to heal and focus on the second half of the HEAT season."
The scene comes as a deja vu since Bosh had a similar exit in the 2015 All-Star Game in New York when he was admitted to a hospital and was diagnosed with a blood clot to one of his lungs that cause him to side lined for the remainder of the season. However, it is not clear if his calf injury has something to do with his past medical injury.
Ironically, Bosh was the first round drafted pick by the Toronto Raptors back in 2003 and later signed with the Heat in 2010. During his stint with the Raptors, Bosh was a five-time NBA All-Star, was named to the All-NBA second team and played for the US National squad in the 2008 Olympics.
Before leaving the Raptors, Bosh led the team to its first playoff berth and its first ever division title in the 2006-07 season.
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School Shootings: an Analysis
Who were these shooters? What caused them to massacre their respective schools? What had happened to them in their lives to cause them to be so distraught to be perceived as mentally unstable? How is our consistently ignorant response as a nation only hindering attempts to fix what we perceive to be the problem? What can we do to change this frightening national trend towards violence? This essay will dissect these questions, subtly and yet expressly, using the example freshest in the collective mind of America as a basis to elucidate points and calculate solutions.
The most recent of these tragedies occurred on April 16 of this year, 2007. At approximately 7:15 AM on that date, police received a 911 call regarding shots fired in West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory on the campus of Virginia Tech University, in Blacksburg, VA. Upon investigation, they discovered that two people had been shot and killed, one male and one female, in their dormitory room. ("Virginia Tech.")
Over approximately the next two and a half hours, school police and other investigators would assess the situation and alert students of what was happening via e-mail and other methods of electronic communications. Students were urged to remain where they were and stay away from their windows, and were advised that a gunman was "loose on campus." Then, at approximately 9:45 AM, police received a second 911 call alerting them to a second shooting at Norris Hall, on the other side of the campus. Arriving officers broke open the doors (which had been chained from the inside) and quickly made their way to the second floor, where they heard gunshots. Upon arrival at the scene, they found that the gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, had shot and killed himself, after killing 32 other people and wounding several more. ("Virginia Tech".)
Before continuing, it is necessary to explain that the profiling of the Virginia Tech gunman is not intended to stand for all the profiles of every other gunman in every other incident of school violence. It is, however, necessary, in the course of writing this essay, that certain aspects of the profiles must be generalized, for the sake of preventing the essay from becoming too long or too repetitive. It is very important, then, that the reader keep in mind that when this essay talks about Virginia Tech in relation to all other school shootings, it is used simply as a foundation to build from, and does not by any means intend to take away the individuality and impact of each respective incident of school shootings across the nation.
Immediately following the massacre at Virginia Tech, a flood of media responses aired nationwide, alerting Americans to the incident at hand. Many of the same questions which have been posed in this essay, along with many others, were asked. Some were these: Who was the shooter? Why did he do what he did? Who should be held responsible? How could this have been allowed to happen?
A videotape, sent by Cho himself to NBC news between the two shootings on the Virginia Tech campus, seemed to offer at least a partial answer to the first question. In this video, (which can be found, among numerous other places, at http://mashable.com/2007/04/18/cho-seung-hui-video/) (Cashmore). Cho speaks with the air of a man who has accepted his destiny. He blames those whom he calls "rich kids", and seems to point the finger at American society as a whole for his actions. He states that he...
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Currently there are ten teachers associated with the Centre offering not only Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced yoga classes to the general public, but also classes in specialist institutions or special applications of yoga:
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Getting lost in an Aurora Rose Reynolds book is one of my favorite guilty pleasures! They're always sexy and full of heart, with heroines that I want to become BFF's with and hot as hell alpha males that I love to lust over.
Since the beginning of the Until series, I've become really attached to the Mayson family. It all began with Asher and November, and has come full circle now with their first daugher, July, finding her BOOM.
July Mayson is all grown up at 26 years old, and working as a veterinarian. She's sweet and has a big heart, but isn't actively looking for love. She unexpectedly meets Wes Silver, when she nearly runs him off the road. Wes is a military vet and a biker, and not exactly the man her uber alpha father would pair her with.
July and Wes quickly discover their mutual attraction, but July doesn't exactly make it easy for Wes. I really enjoyed how their relationship built, and especially loved all the encounters that involved the rest of the Mayson family. Seeing Asher and November as parents of adult children was so much fun, and I was thrilled and not surprised to see that they were even more in love now than they were when they first found their boom. It was also great getting to know a bit about Jax, and I'm really looking forward to his story as well.
While this is obviously a spinoff of the original Until series, Until July can definitely be read as a standalone. But because of the depth of the Mayson family and all the amazing additions to their family, I do recommend reading the Until series.


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DST has designed and implemented the digital baseband processing pipeline of transmitter and receiver blocks within the two FPGAs. The following image shows the digital baseband processing module of the VDSL modem.


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Help to Buy, the new mortgage guarantee scheme due to come in to effect next January, has faced a barrage of criticism recently. Pundits, from Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King and the IMF downwards, argue that the scheme risks pushing up prices and boosting lending to those who can't afford it.
I think they are wrong on both counts.
Just in case you need a reminder about the scheme, you can find my earlier post on the subject here. Or take a look at the 'infographic' issued by the government earlier. But the key point is that the scheme will help prospective buyers to obtain a 95% mortgage.
Everyone agrees that this should increase demand for property. But critics assume that higher demand will push up price and increase lending to buyers who are less able to afford the repayments.
I don't think those assumptions are right. Here's why.
Higher prices?
The supply response
Of course, higher demand without any change in supply would push prices higher. But an increase in the supply of homes for sale is likely to be a key feature of a recovery in the market. Given the drought in transactions since 2008, there are potentially thousands of home owners who aspire to move but who have not been able to sell or who have been reluctant to put their home on the market.
These are owners who will sell given the chance and any increase in demand will almost certainly be met by an increase in supply as sellers take the opportunity to move. These are not brand new homes, the overall stock of properties won't change, but the greater choice available to buyers and increased competition between sellers is likely to put a cap on prices.
Even if that were not the case, prices are unlikely to be pushed higher by more demand – at least in areas outside the south east. Historically, surges in house prices have been preceded by a sharp improvement in affordability – usually a combination of lower prices and real income growth outpacing house price growth.
While there has been an improvement in affordability – at least in terms of mortgage costs – income growth for many has been non-existent or worse. Even if property remains more affordable than it was (a result of lower prices and lower interest rates), people need to be confident that their income is rising and is likely to rise further before they take on major new commitments. That is not true now and doesn't look like happening any time soon.
The government is still working out the details of how the scheme will work, but it looks as if existing home owners will be able to use it to re-mortgage, although they will probably have to switch lender to do so. For the banks, that is a Godsend if they get it right.
If borrowers with minimal equity in their home can re-mortgage under the Help to Buy scheme, their new lender will have a government backed guarantee covering 15% of the loan value. That banks are going to love that, but it will also consum a significant amount of the funding available that would otherwise go to buyers and so helps to limit any increase in demand.
For all of those reasons, I suspect that the potential for Help to Buy to push up prices is limited.
But I suspect that part of the reason that critics are worried about rising house prices is that they are largely based in London. As the Office for National Statistics has just reported http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/house-price-index/march-2013/stb-march-2013.html prices in London rose by 7.6% over the last 12 months. In contrast, the ONS reports that prices in Scotland fell by 1.7% in Scotland over the same period.
You can see why pundits might conclude that Help to Buy will stoke further price increases in the Home Counties. But that misses the point; prices in these areas are rising even without Help to Buy. In other words, it is the state of the local economy that really determines prices. Any difference that Help to Buy will make is likely to be marginal compared to the larger forces at play here. If the South East went in to a sharp recession, not even Help to Buy would prevent a reversal in prices.
Irresponsible lending?
The second objection is that this encourages lending to people who can't afford the loan.
Now, it seems unlikely that banks that were so badly hit by sub-prime mortgage lending will revert to the same lending practices that have caused them so much trouble recently. But even if they were inclined to go back to the bad old days, new regulations on how much capital they must hold to cover losses on potentially riskier loans means that doing so would be virtually impossible. In other words, you won't get a 95% loan to value mortgage if you are a poor credit risk.
Moreover, mortgages have rarely been more affordable. According to the Halifax (select Housing and Mortgage Affordability data), average mortgage payments now account for around 28% of income. That is the lowest figure since 1999 and only just above its lowest point of 23.6% in 1996.
In short, if you can afford the deposit, the mortgage itself is relatively manageable. And that is likely to be the case for some time. No doubt interest rates will rise at some point, but the Bank of England is acutely aware that any increase in rates could deliver a huge economic shock and will make changes very gradually.
Why Help to Buy is right
Finally, I think it is worth making the positive case for Help to Buy. There is a good argument for saying that Help to Buy is right as a matter of principle.
It is right to open up home ownership to a wider group than the largely privileged set of buyers who have the deposits now required to obtain a mortgage.
In the last few years, the demand for large deposits has divided the population between those who, often with the support of relatives, can obtain a mortgage and those without. That risks creation a nation divided between owners and tenants. A nation where those with property can buy more, while those without are increasingly excluded from the market.
If Help to Buy can put that right, more power to it.
It would be more effective in achieving that if the price ceiling for properties that can be purchased under the scheme was reduced from its current £600,000 and if it was not available for re-mortgaging.


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Rugby fans to be taken up close and personal to the players with new television 'Refcam'
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Rugby fans will be closer than ever to the hard-hitting action from this weekend with the introduction of a 'Refcam' which promises to revolutionise how the sport is broadcast.
Officials will have a three-inch square High Definition camera strapped to their chest with a Velcro harness to record the action unfolding in front of them.
Sky Sports directors will have access to the feed for television output, while the RFU will make use of footage for referee training.
New insight: Rugby fans will be able to see the action close up with a new 'Refcam' being trialled in a Championship match this weekend
The first referee to wear the 'Refcam' will be Matt Carley, who takes charge of the Championship match between Newcastle Falcons and London Scottish at Kingston Park on Sunday.
The camera should offer a unique perspective into the role of the officials and what happens on the field of play.
It also records audio for an additional insight into conversations and arguments between players in addition to the existing ref's microphone.
If Sunday's trial is successful, the 'Refcam' could become a staple of television coverage of rugby.
'You are looking right into everything,' said Ed Morrison, the RFU's head of elite referees. 'You see what the referee sees. It is a way we can measure ourselves in a more accurate way and at the same time offer more education. The potential is enormous.'
Scrutiny: Officials' decisions will be analysed making use of the video evidence
Sky made an approach to Morrison last month following a successful experiment by American broadcaster HBO at an Amir Khan bout.
A tiny camera was sewn into the referee's bow tie, delivering a high quality, close quarters feed of every blow.
'I was spellbound,' added Morrison. 'It's a quite incredible piece of technology.
'For a scrum, you are looking down the tunnel. If you want to emphasise something, this will do so enormously.
'We can freeze it and ask a referee, What were you looking for What do you see wrong with that ruck or maul It will make a great training tool.'
The technology was successfully trialled by leading RFU official JP Doyle in a recent under-16 match at Harrow School.
Gus Williamson, Sky's executive rugby producer, said it would 'showcase rugby in a very good light.'
He said: 'The collisions in rugby are so brutal now. Imagine seeing two 18-stone forwards crashing into each other only 18 inches from the referee.
'It will make for some compelling images and it will offer a perspective of what it takes to do the job of the referee.'
The results of the trial, to include a number of Championship fixtures, will be assessed in the new year.
Boxing – A tiny camera was sewn into the referee's bow tie by American broadcaster HBO at a recent Amir Khan fight
Cricket – Broadcasters use a variety of technology to judge whether umpires have made the right call, including stump cams, Hawk-eye ball tracking and the Snickometer
Football – Goal line technology was trialled at the FIFA Club World Cup last week, using a microchip in the ball
End to controversy: Goal line technology was trialled by FIFA in the recent Club World Cup using a micro-chipped football and an adapted watch which flashes 'Goal' if the ball crossed the line
Tennis – Hawk-eye uses ten high-speed cameras around the court to judge whether the ball went out


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Notes: de Laat. (2007). Investigating patterns of interaction in networked learning and computer-supported collaborative learning
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de Laat, M., Lally, V., Lipponen, L., & Simons, R.-J. (2007). Investigating patterns of interaction in networked learning and computer-supported collaborative learning: A role for Social Network Analysis. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2(1), 87–103. doi:10.1007/s11412-007-9006-4
This paper is about applying SNA in analyzing CSCL (or networked learning as called in EU). What is unique about this study is it highlights the value of combining SNA with Content Analysis together, and put them both onto a timeline (considering the temporal dimension), to more holistically analyze CSCL processes. In particular, while SNA provides behavioral accounts of interactions (e.g., density of an interaction network and centrality of its individuals), Content Analysis further adds insights about what those behaviors/interactions are all about. In the authors' case, CA codes 'learning' and 'tutoring' processes in forum posts, whereas SNA provides a picture (or pictures) about the resulting network. While by putting SNA onto a timeline can reveal changes with interactions, insights from CA help explain these changes by putting corresponding learning/tutoring processes into perspective. Overall, this paper highlights the importance of combining insights from multiple analyses, including CA, SNA, and temporal analysis when understanding CSCL.
Also, this paper provides a quite broad review of applying SNA to analyzing CSCL.
The aim is to use these methods to study the nature of the interaction patterns within a networked learning community (NLC), and the way its members share and construct knowledge. The paper also examines some of the current findings of SNA analysis work elsewhere in the literature, and discusses future prospects for SNA. (p. 1)
social network (Wellman, 2001) (p. 2)
As Barry Wellman indicated in the magazine Science, "human computer interaction has become socialized. Much of the discussion […] is about how people use computers to relate to each other… [and] has slowly moved from the lone computer user to dealing with (1) how two people relate to each other online, (2) how small groups interact, and (3) how large unbounded systems operate." (Wellman, 2001, p. 2031). (p. 2)
SNA is a research methodology that seeks to identify underlying patterns of social relations based on the way actors are connected with each other (Scott, 1991; Wasserman & Faust, 1997). (p. 2)
1 NL is a U.K. and European term that is used in place of CSCL. We think it is, for practical purposes, synonymous with CSCL and henceforth will refer to them both as NL/CSCL. (p. 2)
we will discuss (1) how SNA can be used, in general terms, when studying NL/CSCL, and (2) provide a brief account of the application of SNA to a small sample of our own case study data. (p. 3)
A general discussion of Social Network Analysis and NL/CSCL (p. 3)
The use of content analysis (Gunawardena et al., 1997; Hara, Bonk, & Angeli, 2000; Henri, 1992) can provide insight into the nature of the content of communication among the participants. This can then augment the perspective gained by using SNA to focus on network connections. These may vary in content, in direction of information flow, and in strength (network connections can be weak or strong, depending on the number of exchanges between participants). (p. 3)
The two key indicators of SNA are "density" and "centrality." Density provides a measure of the overall 'connections' between the participants. (p. 4)
Centrality is a measure that provides us with information about the behavior of individual participants within a network. (p. 4)
A sociogram is a representation of all participant connections in a social network. (p. 4)
We will now briefly summarize some recent studies in NL/CSCL that have made use of SNA. (p. 4)
Haythornthwaite, for example, showed that during class communication in a NL/CSCL environment there was a tendency to interact more as teams within the network. Martinez, Dimitriadis, Rubia, Gomez, and de la Fuente (2003) found that the density of a network was affected by the teacher's presence. Reffay & Chanier (2003) illustrated that SNA can help study the cohesion of small groups engaged in collaborative distance learning as a way to locate isolated participants, active subgroups, and various roles of the participants in the interaction structure. Reuven, Zippy, Gilad, and Aviva (2003) found that in a structured, asynchronous learning network (as opposed to an unstructured open discussion forum) the knowledge construction process reached a high level of critical thinking and the participants developed cohesive cliques. Nurmela et al. (1999) used SNA to study participation in collaborative learning activities such as knowledge building and acquisition. Cho, Stefano, and Gay (2002) used SNA techniques in an educational context to identify central, influential actors in a class. They found, similarly to Beck, Fitzgerald, and Pauksztat (2003), that participants using a discussion board were more likely to follow recommendations made by highly 'central' actors than those made by peripheral actors. Daradoumis, (p. 4)
Martinez-Mones, and Xhafa (2004) used SNA to assess participatory aspects, identify the most effective groups and most prominent actors to monitor and assess the performance of virtual learning groups. (p. 5)
An example of SNA as part of a multi-method case study (p. 5)
In the second part of this paper we will present a brief summary of one of our own case studies as an example of how SNA may be used to explore group cohesion and interaction patterns within a networked learning community. (p. 5)
illustrate how these patterns evolve over time, and attempts to combine these outcomes with the development of teaching and learning processes (p. 5)
the notion of following interaction patterns over time within Networked Learning Communities has been implemented in several studies. Hara et al. (2000) provide a study in which they conduct a timeline analysis of computer-mediated communication. Howell-Richardson & Mellar (1996) made weekly visual representations of conference activity, based on direct or indirect connections made by the students in their messages. Their analysis was focused on describing interaction patterns when students are assigned to particular roles, and exploring these patterns as they changed over time. Daradoumis et al. (2004) implemented a similar time-line analysis in their research design to track the changes in student participation and group cohesion over time. (p. 5)
Haythornthwaite (2001) and Martinez et al. (2003) also concluded that network patterns change and that it is important to study these changes over time. (p. 5)
To summarize, in this study we focus on the following questions: 1. How dense is participation within the network and how does this change over time? 2. To what extent are members participating in the discourse and how does this change over time? (p. 5)
The program is hosted in the virtual learning environment called WebCT. (p. 6)
Our analysis is based on collaborative project work conducted by seven students and one tutor in the first workshop of this program (approximately 10 week's duration). In order to make the analysis manageable we sampled the message data from the workshop (approximately 1,000 messages were posted during the task). We divided the 10-week period into three sections: beginning, middle and end. (p. 6)
The central purpose of content analysis (CA) is to generalize and abstract from the complexity of the original messages in order to look, in our case, for evidence of learning and tutoring activities. (p. 6)
The first coding schema, developed by Veldhuis-Diermanse (2002), was used to code units of meaning that were regarded as "on the task." These focused on the learning processes used to carry out the task. This schema includes four main categories: cognitive activities used to process the learning content and to attain learning goals; metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive skills used to regulate the cognitive activities; affective activities used to cope with feelings occurring during learning; and, finally, miscellaneous activities. (p. 6)
The second schema is used to code units of meaning that are "around the task," where the focus is on tutoring (Anderson et al., 2001). This schema includes three main sub–categories: design and organization, facilitation of discourse, and direct instruction. (p. 6)
Using WebCT as a source of raw data for SNA (p. 8)
The information retrieved from WebCT logs (p. 8)
Sample results of SNA analysis (p. 8)
In the beginning phase, the density is 48%, and for the middle phase the value is 46%. In the last phase of the collaboration the value drops somewhat, to 36%. (p. 8)
A high out-degree centralization value indicates that the communication is dominated by some central participants; a low value means that communication is distributed more equally among all the participants. It is interesting to see that while the density drops slightly in the middle, the out-degree centralization goes up. This means that some participants have become more centrally involved compared to the beginning phase. (p. 8)
In general, this imbalance does not necessarily mean that some participants control the communication by excluding others. It may mean that some participants choose to make fewer contributions to the community during this phase. (p. 8)
To explore some answers to the second question, (To what extent are members participating in the discourse and how does this change over time?), we start by presenting the findings of the inand out-degree values for each participant (p. 9)
Using SNA alone, however, does not provide us with a full picture. It is also useful to combine these findings with the outcomes of content analysis to interpret whether central participants, as determined by SNA, are also central to the learning and teaching activity within this group. (p. 9)
When relating the SNA results to the CA (Table 3) we see that Andrea and Charles are responsible for 60% of the learning messages, and that the others (except Bill) are also making a learning input. With respect to tutoring, it seems that Brian and Charles (50%) are responsible for most of this, but all the participants were involved to some extent as well. This leads to the conclusion that although Brian, Andrea and Charles appear to be active participants, they are not entirely dominating the teaching and learning activities of the NLC during this phase. (p. 9)
These general network properties can also be studied more closely using the sociograms. (p. 11)
Conclusion and discussion (p. 13)
At the present time, the number of studies available that adopt a research agenda similar to the one outlined here is relatively small. (p. 14)
It is therefore crucial to use a combination of content analysis, interviews and social network analysis to understand the teaching and learning processes that are present during NL/CSCL. (p. 14)
In summary, what do these social network analysis diagrams and network properties add to what we already know, from previous research (de Laat & Lally, 2003, 2004), about this community? The overall patterns of communication are illustrated in a way that shows the social nature of group learning and tutoring. This dimension was not revealed in content analysis of messages (Table 3) and CER. The diagrams show how people connect to the members in the group, the patterns of collaboration are revealed (one-to-one or many-tomany), and the involvement of individuals in each phase. The findings may be used to seek further explanation for this behavior or can be used to contextualize previous findings about the NL/CSCL activities. However, only by combining SNA with CER and CA can we understand the process and intentions of the participants at the level of individual agencywhat they claim they are doing, why they are doing it and how it occurs through posted messages. By using a time line analysis when studying learning and teaching processes we can also see how certain participants become gradually more active and central figures in their community. (p. 15)


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James A. McClure, a three-term U.S. Senator from Idaho who worked to promote nuclear power and who was a leading critic of the federal government's regulation of guns, energy and public lands, died Feb. 26 at his home in Garden City, Idaho, of complications from a series of strokes. He was 86.
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James Albertus McClure was born Dec. 27, 1924, in Payette, Idaho. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he graduated from the University of Idaho's law school in 1950. He met his future wife, Louise Miller, while both were singing in the university choir.
Besides his wife of 60 years, survivors include three children, Ken McClure of Garden City and Marilyn Roach and David McClure, both of Portland, Ore.; a sister; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Mr. McClure was a county prosecutor and city attorney in Payette before he was elected to the Idaho state senate in 1960. In 1966, he won a seat in the U.S. House.
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